Graduated reinforced angle-bar and rail-shoe combined.



No. 735,025. PATENTED JULY 28,1903. e. H. WILLIAMS.

GRADUATED REINFORCED ANGLE BAR AND RAIL SHOE COMBINED.

APPLICATION TILED APR. 16. 1903.

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v @Hmm e?% d/WW UNITED STATES Patented July 28, 1903.

GEORGE H. WILLIAMS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

GRADUATED REINFORCED ANGLE-BAR'AND RAIL-SHOE COMBINED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,025, dated July 28,1903.

Application filed April 16, 1903. Serial No. 152,841. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented new and useful Improvements in a Graduated Reinforced Angle-Bar and Rail-Shoe Combined, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement on my reinforced angle-barscovered by Letters Patent No. 714,422, dated November 25, 1902; and theobject of the present invention is to provide a base-support for theends of the rails as well as the support of the graduated angle-barsunder the head of the rails at their ends, giving a double support tothe rails at their ends, so as to more efiectually resist the blows ofthe passing car-wheels.

Myimprovement consists in providing each graduated reinforced angle-barwith an integral bifurcated rail-shoe which is adapted to embrace andsupport the base-flanges of the rail, as described hereinafter. Theserail shoes should be supported by one of the regular ties of theroad-bed, and hence I would term the two improved angle-bars applied tothe ends of two rails a tie joint as distinguished from a suspendedjoint, or one occurring between two ties.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of atie-joint composed of two of my improved bifurcated angle-bars, the endsof three ties being shown. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on linea a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line b b ofFig. 1. Fig. dis a trans; verse section taken on line 0 c of Fig. 1.

1 and 2 designate the graduated reinforced bifurcated angle-bars, whichare secured to the ends of two meeting rails 3 by ordinary binding-bolts4.. The reinforced portions of these an gle-bars are formed in the samemannor as those of my Patent No. 714,422, Fig. 1, or they may bemodified with respect to their reinforcements, as illustrated in Fig. 5of said patent. 6 and 7 designate the under portion of the bifurcations,the conformation of which is most clearly shown in Fig. 3. Each of saidbifurcations has an outwardlyprojecting flange 8, through whichspike-holes are punched, whereby said flanges may be spiked down to thetie 9. Said under portions 6 7 extend inwardly beneath thebases of therails, thereby afiording rigid support to the ends of the rails. Thelength of each bifurcated portion should be approximately equal to thewidth of a standard tie, which is eight inches.

Becauseof the limit of metal bearing of the angle-bar under the heads ofthe rails, the bi- 6o furcated portions, resting upon a cross-tie,afford the rail joints 3. more perfect and rigid support in resistingthe blows of the car-wheels and weight of the passing trains. I

It will be observed that the foot-flanges of my improved angle-bars arecut away narrower than the foot-flanges of the rails. The purpose ofthis reduction in the width of the angle bar flanges is to eliminatesurplus metal.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a bifurcated graduated reinforced anglebar of the characterdescribed, the combination of two abutting ends of railway-rails, theangle-bar adapted to engage said abutting ends, the upper portionthereof recessed, the lower portion bifurcated longitudinally at theircenters and adapted to correspond- 8o ingly engage the base portion ofthe ends of the rails, lateral extensions adapted to receive railspikes, binding bolts passing through the body portion of the bars andthe web of the rails, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE H. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. ROBERTS, E. G. CHEESMAN.

